What is the Greatest Common Factor of 55797 and 55806?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 55797 and 55806 is 3.

GCF(55797,55806) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 55797 and 55806, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 55797 and 55806.

How to find the GCF of 55797 and 55806?

We will first find the prime factorization of 55797 and 55806. After we will calculate the factors of 55797 and 55806 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 55797

Prime factors of 55797 are 3, 7, 2657. Prime factorization of 55797 in exponential form is:

55797 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2657¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 55806

Prime factors of 55806 are 2, 3, 71, 131. Prime factorization of 55806 in exponential form is:

55806 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 71¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 55797

List of positive integer factors of 55797 that divides 55797 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2657, 7971, 18599

Step-4: Factors of 55806

List of positive integer factors of 55806 that divides 55797 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 71, 131, 142, 213, 262, 393, 426, 786, 9301, 18602, 27903

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 55797 and 55806. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 55797 and 55806 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 55797 and 55806